Alva vs Freedom

A side-by-side comparison of Alva and Freedom: population, income, housing, and more.

Alva and Freedom are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alva has the higher population (5,009 vs 136 in Freedom). Freedom has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $41,728 in Alva). Alva has the higher median home value ($132,500 vs $72,000 in Freedom).

Population, income & housing

	Alva	Freedom
Population	5,009	136
Median age	28.6 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,728	$50,625
Median home value	$132,500	$72,000
Median gross rent	$826	$917
Housing units	2,543	111
Homeownership rate	51.2%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alva	Freedom
Population	5,109 → 5,009 (-2.0%)	353 → 136 (-61.5%)
Median household income	$44,646 → $41,728 (-6.5%)	$61,875 → $50,625 (-18.2%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $132,500 (+39.6%)	$83,800 → $72,000 (-14.1%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $826 (+19.4%)	$421 → $917 (+117.8%)

Alva

Population

5,1095,009

Median household income

$44,646$41,728

Median home value

$94,900$132,500

Median gross rent

$692$826

Freedom

Population

353136

Median household income

$61,875$50,625

Median home value

$83,800$72,000

Median gross rent

$421$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alva	Freedom
Under 5	4.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	4.4%
18 to 24	25.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	3.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	5.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	25.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	21.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	27.2%
75 and over	7.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alva	Freedom
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alva	Freedom
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alva	Freedom
Drove alone	72.2%	89.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.2%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alva	Freedom
1-unit, detached	85.5%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Alva	Freedom
Poverty rate	22.7%	14.2%
Average household size	2.23	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	11	35
Median year structure built	1955	1958